Globe and globe-holder.



R. E. LARZELERE.

GLOBE AND GLOBE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED F3112, 1911.

1,008,344, Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

ROY LARZELER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

GLOBE AND GLOBE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY E. LARZELERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Globes and Globe-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to globes and globe holders for inverted lights.

In inverted lights now in use, the globe is held to the holder by means of screws which are threaded into` the holder and impinge against the globe. This arrangement is objectionable since when the screws are carelessly or through ignorance forced against the globe beyond a certain pressure, the globe will crack when it becomes heated. It frequently happens, for one reason or another, that the globe must be removed while the gas is lighted, and at times when the gas is turned off, and the globe and holder are still hot, which necessitates loosening the fastening screws, and as these screws are formedV to be manipulated by the hand, this cannot be conveniently done without being burned or without the use of pliers, which are seldom at hand and not generally owned by housekeepers.

The object of my invention is the production of a globe and globe-holder in which the above noted objections are eliminated, and in which the globe can be quickly and conveniently attached to the holder.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claim.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gas Xture equipped with my improved globe and globe holder. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the same, taken on line 2-Q, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view of a portion ofthe globe-holder. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the globe. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken on line 646, Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, corresponding numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several gures.

ile my invention may be applied to inverted electric light and other fixtures, I have illustrated the same as embodied in an inverted gas-Xture owing to its being more generally used.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 2, 1911.

Patented Nov.'14, 1911. Serial No. 606,165.

The reference numeral 7 designates an inverted gas-lixture for incandescent lights in which a globe-holder 8 is held to the gas supply tube 9 in any approved manner. This globe-holder has a circular depending rim 10 from which is stamped, at a plurality of points, inwardly-directed ledges 11. At one end of each ledge, the metal is bent upward to form a stop 12 and the other end is oset or raised to a higher level to provide a depressed portion 13 between its eXtremities. These ledges are spaced apart, preferably equi-distant, and are of suiiicient length to form a good support for the globe to be supported thereby. The holder is preferably made of thin sheet brass and may be of any practicable construction or desired design, and it may be made of any other material suitable for the purpose intended.

14 designates the globe which may be of any shape permitting of attachment to the holder. At its upper end it has a plurality of spaced outwardly-directed flanges 15, corresponding in number to the number of ledges on the holder, and in order to strengthen the globe at its upper end, these flanges are preferably made longer than the ledges, but suiiicient space is left between the flanges to at least provide clearance for the ledges on the holder when entering the upper end of the globe in the rim 10. Each of the flanges 15 is widened at one end to provide a projecting portion 16 on its underside, and as the globe is to be given a slight turn after being properly entered in the rim of the holder, the fianges will rest upon the ledges 11 with one of their ends against the stops of said ledges and the projecting portions fitting into the depressed portions 13.

This construction permits of easily and quickly attaching the globe to and detaching the same from the holder, and as the globe is not forcibly held it is free to eX- pand without possibility of cracking from this cause. Moreover, when attaching or detaching the globe, it is not necessary to touch the holder, and when removing the globe when hot, a cloth, piece of paper, or anything suitable can be placed against the globe to be grasped therewith, so that all chance of burning ones fingers is entirely eliminated. The globe can be easily detached in this manner when hot as there are no small screws or other parts to be manipulated, which would necessarily have to be In an inverted light, a globe-holderhav-Y- ing a rimprovided with a plurality of spaced inwardly-directed integral ledges,

v each ledge having a depressed portion and an upwardly` bent end forming a stop, com- 10 bined with a globe having a plurality of spaced outwardly-directed ianges adapted to rest upon said ledges with one of their Aends in'contact with said "stops, said flanges' having projecting portions on their undersides fitting the depressed portions of said ledges.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing ELLA C. PLUEGKHAHN, EMIL NEUHART;

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